NCAA Basketball attendance highs and lows: Week 6

We’ve moved into basketball season, and the funky competitions have been put to rest. From here on out, most teams are playing at home, or in a relatively large neutral site (see: Crossroads Classic). So let’s take a look at last week’s attendance in NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball, shall we?  As always, numbers are announced attendance (and if the team didn’t report an attendance, their game is excluded).

Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 13

The lowest 3?

3. UNH vs Worcester State – A 6-4 New Hampshire team hosted Division III Worcester State University (the Lancers!) and the crowd was a bit thin:

h/t Sam Rogers @slaminsamreal / Twitter
h/t Sam Rogers @slaminsamreal / Twitter

Those 427 UNH Wildcat fans that did show up were treated to a 100-66 UNH victory.

2. Southern vs Ecclesia College – The talent of the away team drops to another low as Southern took on Ecclesia College. They’re a non-NCAA member, questionably accredited under the “Bible College” exemption, and has fewer than 200 students. I suspect that a large portion of its income comes from playing these basketball games Either way, a not-terrible 7-2 Southern team drew a whopping 319 (that’s 80% more people than the full enrollment of Ecclesia!) and it looks like the place was rocking as Southern took the 96-69 victory:

Southern vs Ecclesia

As a side note, the problem might be that the Ecclesia defender is completely facing the wrong way.

 

1. Bryant vs Army – This one is a little baffling. Bryant is a bad basketball team (2-9) but is located in a decent sized metro area (outside of Providence). Army is 8-2 and has a decent “brand,” yet only 294 showed up to see the Knights take it 77-55. No crowd shots were available, theoretically because there were so few people there and nobody had thought there would be anything filmworthy (even in a digital age).

Here are some more stats for you, your weekly miscellany:

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: UConn (vs Maryland), 19,812

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: Southern (vs Ecclesia College), 319.

Smallest Power Conference attendance: Boston College (vs Maine) 1,411.

Average attendance this week: 5,433

Full attendance numbers by game:

DateHome TeamHome ScoreAway TeamAway ScoreAttendance
2015-12-08Bryant55Army77294
2015-12-13Southern96Ecclesia College69319
2015-12-08UNH100Worcester St66427
2015-12-10Colgate90Utica College68488
2015-12-11USC Upstate70N Greenville58522
2015-12-10St Francis (BKN)86NJIT92575
2015-12-13Colgate75UNH59582
2015-12-09Manhattan71Columbia72714
2015-12-08E Michigan86Rochester (MI)58729
2015-12-08Boston U69Harvard75832
2015-12-08Loyola (MD)54Towson65892
2015-12-09Maine69Dartmouth79940
2015-12-10FAU72Ave Maria59962
2015-12-09Hartford66Quinnipiac681014
2015-12-13UNC Asheville80Campbell601028
2015-12-08Duquesne89UMBC701030
2015-12-09N Colorado91York581052
2015-12-08Portland65Idaho State661089
2015-12-13Denver69Weber State681103
2015-12-10Lipscomb83Cumberland TENN531104
2015-12-13San Jose State83Montana State911116
2015-12-11UT-Rio Grande64UT Martin721169
2015-12-08Furman79Liberty561203
2015-12-09San Diego47Denver591249
2015-12-13Fordham92Coppin State551331
2015-12-09Pepperdine77LBSU751349
2015-12-13Miami (OH)72Wright State671397
2015-12-13Boston College91Maine601411
2015-12-08South Dakota79UMKC701423
2015-12-09Lafayette89Fair Dickinson911432
2015-12-10UMass Lowell60Boston U801438
2015-12-13High Point111Virginia-Wise741507
2015-12-08Rider64Wagner651508
2015-12-09Detroit75Toledo721523
2015-12-09Coast Carolina98UNC Wesleyan731538
2015-12-13N Colorado73Colorado State641576
2015-12-08Fordham89LIU Brooklyn841595
2015-12-11Chicago State53Valparaiso711733
2015-12-09High Point90UNC Greensboro721750
2015-12-08Mt St Mary’s81Bucknell731789
2015-12-13Milwaukee125Judson College741813
2015-12-08SF Austin87Henderson St541832
2015-12-08UT-Arlington97Bradley611833
2015-12-13Washington St84UTEP681917
2015-12-08Chattanooga91TENN Wesleyan632152
2015-12-13South Dakota St86UCSB682155
2015-12-13N Kentucky81Norfolk State602351
2015-12-10East Tenn St98Milligan472458
2015-12-09Colorado State97Ark Fort Smith722523
2015-12-11North Dakota67North Dakota St692593
2015-12-10Kent State73UL Monroe622689
2015-12-13W Kentucky75Indiana State622810
2015-12-09Utah Valley84Weber State812860
2015-12-09Oral Roberts88JohnBrow532908
2015-12-13USF46NC State652945
2015-12-08St Bonaventure80Vermont683021
2015-12-08Rutgers75Cent Conn St593131
2015-12-09Drake71DePaul743262
2015-12-08G Washington76Penn State663262
2015-12-08Saint Joe’s62Princeton503451
2015-12-09LA-Lafayette97McNeese State643571
2015-12-13UAB79Seattle733587
2015-12-08LA Tech82LSU Shreveport493612
2015-12-09Indiana State63Valparaiso693621
2015-12-08URI67Houston573633
2015-12-09Charlotte70Campbell763687
2015-12-09Davidson96E Washington863714
2015-12-10Idaho78Washington St743759
2015-12-08Tulsa90Iona813800
2015-12-13Monmouth73Wagner543901
2015-12-09Radford65Virginia Tech744013
2015-12-13Missouri State61Tulsa704052
2015-12-08George Mason65Northern Iowa734102
2015-12-10Missouri State88IUPUI744113
2015-12-13USC68Yale564117
2015-12-13ECU71NC A&T604151
2015-12-09Boise State67Loyola Mary664151
2015-12-13Illinois State63Murray State614239
2015-12-09Penn73Temple774378
2015-12-09Marshall82E Illinois764391
2015-12-08UCF67UMass634395
2015-12-10Penn State81Canisius674509
2015-12-13New Mexico St59Wyoming624562
2015-12-13Grand Canyon104Omaha1084614
2015-12-08Georgia74Winthrop644621
2015-12-08Baylor75Northwestern St624627
2015-12-11TCU73PV A&M554658
2015-12-08Hawaii86Hawaii Hilo674725
2015-12-09Texas Tech68UT Martin494767
2015-12-09S Illinois74SIU ED764817
2015-12-13Virginia Tech88Lamar534870
2015-12-10Wyoming58Southern684989
2015-12-13FSU75SE Louisiana584992
2015-12-09Nevada119Fresno Pacific705014
2015-12-09Missouri85Omaha785022
2015-12-09Siena81Hofstra685099
2015-12-10Seton Hall78Troy695549
2015-12-09St John’s48Niagara445602
2015-12-08Washington92TCU675651
2015-12-08Gonzaga61Montana586000
2015-12-13Temple65Saint Joe’s666194
2015-12-13Seton Hall72St Peter’s466443
2015-12-13Villanova76La Salle476500
2015-12-13Northwestern77Chicago State356621
2015-12-13Pitt72Morehead State627065
2015-12-08SMU82Michigan587245
2015-12-13Clemson50Alabama517412
2015-12-08Notre Dame86Stony Brook617537
2015-12-11Pitt84E Washington517614
2015-12-13Houston105LSU987918
2015-12-08Miami (FL)66Florida557972
2015-12-13West Virginia100UL Monroe588323
2015-12-09Providence66Boston College518425
2015-12-13Notre Dame81Loyola (CHI)618653
2015-12-09Cal74Incarnate Word629324
2015-12-08Texas116UTSA509657
2015-12-08Xavier90Wright State5510178
2015-12-08Minnesota70South Dakota St8410378
2015-12-09Vanderbilt67Dayton7210469
2015-12-09Wichita State56UNLV5010506
2015-12-09Kansas State83Coppin State5811409
2015-12-09Illinois69Yale6511648
2015-12-08Marquette80San Jose State6211696
2015-12-08OSU74Air Force5011816
2015-12-09Purdue93Howard5511983
2015-12-10San Diego State84Nicholls State4712414
2015-12-13St John’s84Syracuse7213473
2015-12-08Arkansas89Evansville7613980
2015-12-09BYU80Utah State6814048
2015-12-09Arizona85Fresno State7214262
2015-12-13Iowa State78AR-Pine Bluff6414284
2015-12-10Iowa State83Iowa8214384
2015-12-13Arizona88Missouri5214644
2015-12-09Michigan State78MD-E Shore3514797
2015-12-13Nebraska70URI6715496
2015-12-09Kansas92Holy Cross5916300
2015-12-09Wisconsin67Milwaukee6817287
2015-12-09Indiana90IPFW6517472
2015-12-09Creighton83Nebraska6717766
2015-12-08UConn66Maryland7619812
2015-12-08Syracuse78Colgate5121201
2015-12-09Kentucky88E Kentucky6722544